Dr. Olivia Bodnar

Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Germany

Building 24.31 Room 01.05
Tel.: +49 211 81-10270

Educational Background
10/2017 - 12/2020	PhD in Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
10/2015 – 09/2017	M.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
09/2016 – 12/2016	Semester abroad, University of California Davis
10/2012 - 08/2015	B.Sc. Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Positions
Since 12/2020	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
08/2018 and 03/2019	Research stay at Center for Health Economics, University of York
10/2017 - 12/2020	Doctoral Researcher, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
09/2014 – 09/2017	Student Assistant, DICE, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
04/2017 – 06/2017	Intern Monopolies Commission; Special Report 77: Energy 2017: Avoid patchwork, targeted action required
02/2015/ – 07/2015	Intern Monopolies Commission, Biennial Report XXI: Competition 2016
10/2013 – 08/2016	Tutor, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Publications
Screening Instruments for Monitoring Market Power – The Return on Withholding Capacity Index (RWC) (with M. Bataille, A. Steinmetz and S. Thorwarth), Energy Economics, Vol. 81, Jun 2019, pp. 227-237. The Identification of Up- and Downstream Industries using Input-Output Tables and a Firm-Level Application to Minority Shareholdings (with A. Buchwald and J. Weche), Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 237(6), Dec 2017, pp. 499-525. Messung der Wettbewerbsverhältnisse in der Stromerzeugung: Der Return on Withholding Capacity Index (RWC) (with Dr. Marc Bataille, Prof. Dr. Alexander Steinmetz and Dr. Susanne Thorwarth), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 01(2021) (Reference: WUW1344579)

Publications

Screening Instruments for Monitoring Market Power – The Return on Withholding Capacity Index (RWC) (with M. Bataille, A. Steinmetz and S. Thorwarth), Energy Economics, Vol. 81, Jun 2019, pp. 227-237.
The Identification of Up- and Downstream Industries using Input-Output Tables and a Firm-Level Application to Minority Shareholdings (with A. Buchwald and J. Weche), Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 237(6), Dec 2017, pp. 499-525.
Messung der Wettbewerbsverhältnisse in der Stromerzeugung: Der Return on Withholding Capacity Index (RWC) (with Dr. Marc Bataille, Prof. Dr. Alexander Steinmetz and Dr. Susanne Thorwarth), Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb, 01(2021) (Reference: WUW1344579)

Recent Research
The Effects of Private Damage Claims on Cartel Stability: Experimental Evidence (with M. Fremerey, H. Normann and J. Schad), DICE Discussion Paper, No. 315, Jun 2019. Financial incentives and prescribing behaviour in primary care Incentives not to adopt NHS low-value care prescribing guidelines in primary care

Teaching- and Research Interests
Health Economics Industrial and Competition Economics Energy Economics

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